2 Samuel 20:18-20

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹⁸ Then she said, People used to say, Let them but ask counsel at Abel, and so they settled the matter.

¹⁹ I am one of the peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city which is a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the inheritance of the Lord?

²⁰ Joab answered, Far be it, far be it from me that I should swallow up or destroy!